Begonia 'Bon Bon Cream' (Ball Ingenuity)
Begonia 'Sprint Plus Rose' (Benary)
Calibrachoa 'MiniFamous Double Pink 17' (Selecta)
Coleus 'French Quarter' (Ball FloraPlant)
Coleus 'Inferno' (Ball FloraPlant)
Coleus 'Kingswood Torch' (Dümmen Orange)
Gerbera 'Garvinea Sweet Memories' (Florist Holland)
Gerbera 'Garvinea Sweet Memories' (Florist Holland)
Gerbera 'Garvinea Sweet Spice' (Florist Holland)
Gerbera 'Garvinea Sweet Spice' (Florist Holland)
Gomphrena 'Pinball Purple' (Sakata Seed)
Kwik Kombo Grand Final Mix (Syngenta Flowers)
Lantana 'Lucky Red' (Ball FloraPlant)
MixMasters Feelin' Lucky (Ball FloraPlant)
Real-Time Results
The university posted real-time evaluation results every fifteen minutes.
Pelargonium 'Brocade Cherry Night' (Dümmen Orange)
Pelargonium 'Lavender Improved' (Syngenta Flowers)
Pentas 'Compact Red' (Syngenta Flowers)
Pentas 'Compact Red' (Syngenta Flowers)
Petunia 'ColorRush Pink Star' (Ball FloraPlant)
Petunia 'Crazytunia Bouquet Burgundy Star' (Westhoff)
Petunia 'Littletunia Bicolor Bliss' (Danziger "Dan" Flower Farm)
Petunia 'Night Sky' (Selecta)
Phlox 'Gisele Light Violet' (Selecta)
Phlox 'Gisele Pink' (Selecta)
Verbena 'Endurascape Magenta' (Ball FloraPlant)
Verbena 'Endurascape Pink BiColor' (Ball FloraPlant)
Verbena Hurricane Mix - Blue, Pink, Red (Westhoff)
The Ohio State University (OSU) displayed more than 500 cultivars for evaluation this year at the Chadwick Arboretum and Learning Gardens in Columbus, OH. Several Cultivate’16 attendees took the opportunity to wander the trial grounds and evaluate in-ground entries and those in sun and shade containers and hanging baskets.
New for 2016, trial attendees had the option of evaluating plants through an online survey tool by Qualtrics, designed by Professor Tim Rhodus of the Horticulture and Crop Science department. The university posted trial results every 15 minutes for all to see in real-time. This was a welcome change from the cumbersome paper-and-clipboard method the university used in the past.
The OSU Cultivar Trials include four categories: in-ground beds, sun containers, shade containers, and hanging baskets. Master Gardener and Chadwick Arboretum volunteers conduct four evaluations throughout the growing season, rating the plants from one to five on how well they like them. The trial director and trial manager also do in-depth grower evaluations. You can get a taste of the trials here, and find more results and photos at hvp.osu.edu/trials.
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Janeen Wright is former Editor for Greenhouse Grower. . See all author stories here.